Improvement in machines for twisting and spooling barbed fence-wire



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J'. F. GLIDDEN. MACHINE FOR TWISTING AND SPOOLIITG BARBED FENCE-WIRE. No. 187,126, Patented Feb. 6, 1877;

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' IMPRDVEMENT'IN MACHINES FOR TWVISTING AND SPOOLING BARBEDTENCE-WIRE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,126, dated February 6,1877 application'liled l November 17, 1876. I e

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Spooling Barbed Fence-Wire; and I. do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying-drawings, forming a part of this'specification, and in which- .Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of so...much of my said machine as is necessary.

to illustrate my present invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 3 represents an end 'view of a portion of the machine.

To enable those skilled in the'art to which my invention belongs'to make anduse the same, I will proceed. to describe it more in de-i taih i In the drawings, A and B represent two I spools filled with wire, a 1), wire a being smooth, whilewire b is provided with barbs c, for which I have heretofore obtained Letters Patent.

Wires 1 h are run through a long room, being passedthrough one or more guide-tubes,G, suitablysupportedupon posts'D, Bothstrands are then passed through the rear journal d of the twisting-frame E, said journal being made v hollow for that purpose, and fitted to turn in a suitable bearing in the framing F. The front journal e'of twisting-frame E turns in'a suitable bearing in the front framing F. A rotating motion is imparted to twisting-frame E by means of a belt running upon a pulley secured to the end of journal 0, or the motionmay be impar't'dflto it in any other suitableinannen' The wire, after it has been twisted, is wound upon the spool H, and the operation of twisting and winding the wire is as follows The twisting-frame being arranged at one end of a long room or long walk, and the frame supporting the bobbin at the other end, the attendant takes hold of the ends of the wires a and b, and draws them forward, passing them through one or more guide-rings, 0,

Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 represent, upon an enlarged scale, portions or the machine, as will be-hereafter more fully described; and Fig. 9 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a section of the completed twisted or cable barbed wire.

and then through the'tubular journal (I of the twisting-frame E, after which he secures them both tothe barrel of spoolH, which has com I bined with it a ratchet wheel, into. whichja pawl, 1 attached to the twisting-frame E, drops. ing-frame; E in a horizontal position by means of a hook, 2, the hooked end 3 of which enters a hole in the end piece oftwisting-frame' E. The operator then places both wires in a V; slot in the top of spring-standard I, and clamps both wires by means of the clamp I just backof the upperend of said spring piece I, after which, by means of a crank on the end of ratchet-wheel 4, he draws back chain 5, which is attached to spring-piece I, and also to the journal of ratchet-wheel 4, thereby drawing back the upper end of spring-standard I until both strands of wire are properly stretched, the whole distance between the twisting-frame and standard I, inwhich position the parts are held bymeans ofpaw16 taking into ratchet-wheel4, .Olamp I may be supported upon a swinging frame, or movable frame, if preferred.- The operator now detaches hook. 2;,from twisting-frame E, and places hook 7 over the wires, said hook being attachedto the inside of the rear end offrame E, as indicatedin Fig. 5,-for the purpose of preventing the wires from slipping out of the slots in the journal and bearin d and d durin the o" eration ,of

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twisting. A- rotary motion-is now imparted to twisting-frame E, and both strands of wire are twisted together; and after the wires have been sufficiently twisted the operator ships the twisting-belt, and, placing his foot upon treadle J, brings down friction-brake J upon pulley G, upon the .end of journal 6, thereby stopping the twisting-framefE, whenfhe replaces hook 2, removes clamp I, and detaches pawl 6. The twisted wire is now lifted out of the V-shaped standard I, and is also lifted out of tubular journald, it being slotted, as

- well as its bearing d, to permit of the remoyal of the twisted wire therefrom.

The wire is then lifted up and passed through a slot, 8, in ring K in the lower end of a swing-arm, K, which can be operated by means of a rope or chain, L, attached to the rear end of arm L. Spool H is now turned by means of a crank The operator ,the'n secures the twist 1 formly upon its spool.

applied to the spindle E, which supports spool H, and while it is being turned to wind the twisted wire thereon the wire is gradually moved from end to end of the spool by means of cord L and swinging arms L K. After the twisted part of the wire has thus been wound upon spool H the wire is returned to} the tubular bearing d, and'the various devices again arranged for twisting another section arranged that when the. arm hangs perpen- 'diciilar' the'guide-rin g K will guide the twisted barbed wire to the end H of the spool H, but the operator, by pulling upon the rope orc'o'rd L, canforceswing-arm K to theright of the position shown in Fig; '6 sufficiently far. to guide the twisted barbed fence-wire to the 1 other endHVof the spool H, and when the operator slackens the rope L, swing-arm'K,

" by its own gravity, will return, thus guiding the wire" back over the barrel of the spool H,

wherebyt'he barbed wire can be wound uni- Arm L passes through a long'slot'in aguidepiece, L, which extends down from framing M, the lower end of the slot being inclined or' beveled off, as-indicated in dotted lines at 9,"and'thisincline or beveled guides-arm L, fwhen the upper end is depressed by rope L, so that swing-arm K is easily thrown to the right of its position, shown in Fig. 6.

One handle of clamp I is made with a ratchet end, 10, andfithe other handle has a link, 11, combined with it, whereby whenthe handles are compressed together to grasp the wires, as before explained, link 11 catches into the ratchet teeth,1as indicated'in Fig.8, therebylholding the jaws of the clampfirmly in position upon the wire. p I v p 1n praotice, the machine can be operated more economically by two attendants, at least i one at each end of the machine, and it wilt f j be understood that spindle E, which supports spool H in. frame E, maybe so made that it can; be readily removed fortheremoval ofa I [fullspool and the substitution of an empty T PQ 7' In twisting a plain wire with'a barb-wire, they are arranged relatively to each 'otherbe- Witnesses:

*ffore'the twisting operation commences, so.

that the plain wire, when twisted with the barb-wire, will support and hold the barbs, as indicated in Fig. 9 of the drawings, the plain wire crossing the coil between the barbed ends diagonally, so that it bears upon the base of each projecting barb u, just outside of the main wire, about which the'barbs are coiled. l

By this arrangement the barbs are held very securely in position.

Having described my improvements in mechanism or. machinery for twisting; and 'spooling barbed fence-wire, what I claim therein as new and of my invention,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with twisting-frame E, of the slotted journal d and d, substantially 3. nd. for the purposes set forth. i

2. The combination, with twisting-frame E, of ratchet-wheelf, pawl 1, and holding-hook 2, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. a a;

3. Thecomb ination, with twisting-frame E and stationary frame F, of holding-hook 7, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth. v v. Y

4. The combination, with twisting-frame E and spool H, of swinging arm'qK, provided with a slotted-ring, K,-said parts being relatively arranged, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.; i

5.;The vcombination, with spring-standard I, of wire-holding clamp I, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6.1 The combination, with the swinging arm K, provided with a slotted guide-ring, K, of arm L and cord or rope L, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. The combination, in a machine for twisting and spooling barbed fence-wire, of'mechanism consisting of the slotted spring-standard I, clamp 1, chain 5, ratchet-wheel 4, and

pawlv6, for straining and holding the strands of the wiresecureand taut atone end of the machine, andof mechanism consistingof the stationary frame F, twisting-frame E nSlOlJDGd end of the machine, fortwisting andgwinding or spooling the same, substantially as described. I l v I JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN.

. EI)WARD (J. LOTT, t v C. BEAUPRE- 

